In this science activity, students use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles about protists and fungi that are intended to increase science literacy.

Students investigate the cause of birds dying in Monterey Bay. In this scientific research lesson plan, students use various resources, scientific investigations, and vector analysis to solve an environmental mystery.

Young scholars determine the changes in different types of water in a sealed container over time. They investigate how to measure dissolved oxygen, temperature, and carbon dioxide with calculator or computer probe-ware. Students...

Students visit a local park to test the quality of the aquatic environments. They search for sources of pollution and examples of pollution control. Based on their obeservations and experiments, they rate their local environment.

Students work as a team to gather organisms from a stream to evaluate if the water quality is excellent, good, or fair to poor.

Pupils graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science lesson, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.

Explore how scientists use satellite data to detect and monitor Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). HABs can be toxic to both humans and marine life. Students will learn how to read and interpret satellite images to better understand HAB events.

This problem examines the growth of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay. Learners build an exponential function modeling algae concentration based on the information provided, and gain an appreciation for the exponential growth exhibited...

Harmful algal blooms occur when algae, which form the base of the ocean food web, grow in massive numbers and produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. In this project you will learn how to...

Lesson plans and experiments to investigate organisms that cause Red Tide, and diseases that are caused by harmful algal blooms. Background information is provided.

This NOAA computer-based activity is designed to teach young scholars in grades 9-12 how satellite imagery and remote sensing can be used to monitor harmful algal blooms (HABs). This lesson teaches students how to read and interpret...

Students examine the Biology topic of plant-like protists. The tutorial includes definitions, examples, and pictures about algae.

Explore the diversity of algae.

A lab experiment, in a series of experiments, that investigates fisheries. In this lab, students test the effects of fertilizers and other pollutants on a model ecosystem. Students also examine 2 years of ocean color (chlorophyll...

Students are asked to conduct online research in order to write an informative article about the development of algae blooms in Maryland's Deep Creek Lake.

This resource over cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) explains what blue-green algae is, what blooms are and how they are harmful to livestock, how people and animals are effected by exposure to this algae, and more.

Students compare concentrations of harmful algal blooms using NOAA's Coastal Services Center Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting (HABF) Project data.

Algae is a good thing, but too much is a bad thing. In this environmental science fair project, grow algae in several concentrations of fertilizer and observe its effect on algal growth.

In this activity, students will learn how water can be polluted by algal blooms. They will grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizer or nutrients and analyze their results as environmental engineers working to protect a...

A series of lessons that provide information and materials to teach students about the effects of harmful algal blooms on fish as well as devising remediation techniques.

An overload of nutrients, called eutrophication (Greek for "good-nutrition"), can be harmful to estuaries. This phenomenon is also referred to as "over-enrichment," or "nutrient pollution". Students will investigate the range of...

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the natural changes that take place in an ecosystem, and the negative impact humans can have on ecosystems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Water pollutants can have an effect on both the ecology of ecosystems and on humans. As a result of water pollution, humans may not be able to use a waterway for...

For good information about marine flora, go to this site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. It provides details about different types of seaweeds and phytoplankton. It also contains a photo gallery.